[EKUAlum05]

I have put Johnson Central at #2 spot in 4A but after looking closer at their schedule, I am wondering if I have made them out to be better than the are. Harlan is best team they played so far and they are showing the are just average this year. The rest of schedule is weak except 3A Belfry who Harlan handled fairly easy and JC should easily beat if top 4A team. So we will not really get to see JC tested until maybe second round of playoffs. Their offense has to be good to put up points like it is, but am I giving them too much credit for the poor schedule the have?

Not only did Harlan County (not Harlan) not handle Belfry easily, Belfry actually won 21-12 on the road in a game that was a couple dropped TD's away from being a blowout. In addition, over the past few seasons Belfry has been as good as any team in 4A not named Highlands... the only 4A team who would have beat Belfry handily in Week 10 over the past few years is Highlands and maybe CovCath.

To answer your question though, JC has been the second best team in 4A a couple different times over the past 5 or 6 years.. this is the best JC team of the lot. Does that mean they beat Highlands or even keep it close? No, But schedule aside, this is a veteran JC team with the closest semblance of balance they have had.